Use of the Coding Causes of Death in HIV in the classification of deaths in Northeastern Brazil

• Main Authors: Diana Neves Alves (Author), Cristiane Campello Bresani-Salvi (Author), Joanna d'Arc Lyra Batista (Author), Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes (Author), Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho (Author), Heloísa Ramos Lacerda de Melo (Author), Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Describe the coding process of death causes for people living with HIV/AIDS, and classify deaths as related or unrelated to immunodeficiency by applying the Coding Causes of Death in HIV (CoDe) system. METHODS A cross-sectional study that codifies and classifies the causes of deat...